look at funnelweb (http://www.funnelwebcentral.com), they measure unique visitors based on session info. It seems to work fairly well, especially for a free application. It saves to pdf or to html files, and it includes an ftp process to get at the logs.
larry On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 11:17:21 -0500, Adkins, Randy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well I have considered WebStat.com. They start at $10/month and > I have a few clients to institute that for. So the costs would > go to about $120 per client per year. > > Was hoping to keep the costs to a minimum if possible. > > Also was looking to have the ability to export the data in a PDF > format to send to them monthly. If I can extract it, I can put > the data to PDF just have to have a good layout. > > I have also considered instead of going with a service, was to > purchase a statistics program and run it monthly. > > WebTrends runs about $400 I think > > Any other you know of that is good enough and a reasonable cost? > > I do have access to the log files. I have an FTP process to download > the log file daily since the shared hosting only maintains 30 days > of files. So to run a complete month, I have to make sure I have the > files. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 10:51 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Web Stats Question > > I'd probably go with client cookies if I'm going to roll my own, just > because it'd be easier. > > Is there a reason you're not using a prebuilt web stats package? > > --Ben > > Adkins, Randy wrote: > > So in theory, I should collect the IP Address and for every time the > > IP Address comes back, treat it as a returned visitor? > > > > I totally agree with your statements about not having a perfect > > solution just one as best as it can be. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137145 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
